Purpose

To update on the final budget proposals for
2025/26.

Content

(a)       That the revised
additional budget requirement for 2025/26 be noted and
approved;
 
(b)       That the final
proposals for the cost reductions that will contribute to the
budget be approved;
 
(c)        That a legal
and balanced budget based on the calculations set out within the
report be recommended to Council;
 
(d)       That the open risks
with remain to be managed in the 2025/26 financial year be
noted;
 
(e)       That an overall
annual increase in Council Tax for 2025/26 of 8.93% for Council
Services and 0.57% for contributions to North Wales Fire and Rescue
Service and Regional Coroners Service, which constitutes an overall
uplift of 9.5%, be recommended to Council;
 
(f)        That Cabinet
invites Council to pass the formal Council Tax resolution now that
notification had been received of the precepts of the Police and
Crime Commissioner and all Town and Community Councils in
Flintshire; and
 
(g)       That the medium-term
forecast be noted as a basis for the next revision of the
Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).